Conan's Bloodline from the Robert E. Howard tales
Sept 21, 2017 21:58:14 GMT -5
Post by amrathelion on Sept 21, 2017 21:58:14 GMT -5
Conan's Bloodline
Known family members:
Atlanteans
Southern Cimmerian tribe
Conan's Grandfather (Raider, Wanderer)
Northern Cimmerian tribe
Conan's Father (Blacksmith)
Conan's Mother
Conan
King Conan's Concubines (Poitainians, Zamorians, Zingarans, Hyrkanians, and Brythunians) not directly in his bloodline but mothers of his bloodline
Sons of concubines unrecognized as heirs to the throne
Zenobia (Future Queen of Aquilonia) not directly in his bloodline but the probable mother of his bloodline the would be heir, heiress, or heirs to his throne
"North of Aquilonia, the westernmost Hyborian kingdom, are the Cimmerians, ferocious savages, untamed by the invaders, but advancing rapidly because of contact with them; they are the descendants of the Atlanteans, now progressing more steadily than their old enemies the Picts, who dwell in the wilderness west of Aquilonia." - The Hyborian Age
"He was a barbarian of a thousand generations of barbarians." – Beyond the Black River
"The country claimed by and roved over by his clan lay in the northwest of Cimmeria, but Conan was of mixed blood, although a purebred Cimmerian. His grandfather was a member of a southern tribe who had fled from his own people because of a blood-feud and after long wanderings, eventually taken refuge with the people of the north." - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
“He had taken part in many raids into the Hyborian nations in his youth, before his flight, and perhaps it was the tales he told of those softer countries which roused in Conan, as a child, a desire to see them.” - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
“I am a barbarian and the son of a blacksmith.” – The Hour of the Dragon
"What word from you shall I say to your women, before I flay their dainty skins for scrolls whereon to chronicle the triumphs of Tsotha-lanti?" - The Scarlet Citadel
"He had taken possession of the pleasure palace, however, and Conan's girls were dragged to his quarters. The people muttered at the sight of the royal beauties writhing in the brutal hands of the iron-clad retainers--dark-eyed damsels of Poitain, slim black-haired wenches from Zamora, Zingara and Hyrkania, Brythunian girls with tousled yellow heads, all weeping with fright and shame, unused to brutality." - The Scarlet Citadel
"Conan was about forty when he seized the crown of Aquilonia, and was about forty-four or forty-five at the time of "The Hour of the Dragon." He had no male heir at that time, because he had never bothered to formally make some woman his queen, and the sons of concubines, of which he had a goodly number, were not recognized as heirs to the throne." - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
"There is a girl in your seraglio named Zenobia." "Why, yes, so there is." "Very well." The king smiled as at an exceedingly pleasant memory. "She shall be your ransom, and naught else. I will come to Belverus for her as I promised. She was a slave in Nemedia, but I will make her queen of Aquilonia!" - The Hour of the Dragon
Known family members:
Atlanteans
Southern Cimmerian tribe
Conan's Grandfather (Raider, Wanderer)
Northern Cimmerian tribe
Conan's Father (Blacksmith)
Conan's Mother
Conan
King Conan's Concubines (Poitainians, Zamorians, Zingarans, Hyrkanians, and Brythunians) not directly in his bloodline but mothers of his bloodline
Sons of concubines unrecognized as heirs to the throne
Zenobia (Future Queen of Aquilonia) not directly in his bloodline but the probable mother of his bloodline the would be heir, heiress, or heirs to his throne
"North of Aquilonia, the westernmost Hyborian kingdom, are the Cimmerians, ferocious savages, untamed by the invaders, but advancing rapidly because of contact with them; they are the descendants of the Atlanteans, now progressing more steadily than their old enemies the Picts, who dwell in the wilderness west of Aquilonia." - The Hyborian Age
"He was a barbarian of a thousand generations of barbarians." – Beyond the Black River
"The country claimed by and roved over by his clan lay in the northwest of Cimmeria, but Conan was of mixed blood, although a purebred Cimmerian. His grandfather was a member of a southern tribe who had fled from his own people because of a blood-feud and after long wanderings, eventually taken refuge with the people of the north." - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
“He had taken part in many raids into the Hyborian nations in his youth, before his flight, and perhaps it was the tales he told of those softer countries which roused in Conan, as a child, a desire to see them.” - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
“I am a barbarian and the son of a blacksmith.” – The Hour of the Dragon
"What word from you shall I say to your women, before I flay their dainty skins for scrolls whereon to chronicle the triumphs of Tsotha-lanti?" - The Scarlet Citadel
"He had taken possession of the pleasure palace, however, and Conan's girls were dragged to his quarters. The people muttered at the sight of the royal beauties writhing in the brutal hands of the iron-clad retainers--dark-eyed damsels of Poitain, slim black-haired wenches from Zamora, Zingara and Hyrkania, Brythunian girls with tousled yellow heads, all weeping with fright and shame, unused to brutality." - The Scarlet Citadel
"Conan was about forty when he seized the crown of Aquilonia, and was about forty-four or forty-five at the time of "The Hour of the Dragon." He had no male heir at that time, because he had never bothered to formally make some woman his queen, and the sons of concubines, of which he had a goodly number, were not recognized as heirs to the throne." - Robert E. Howard Letter to P. Schuyler Miller
"There is a girl in your seraglio named Zenobia." "Why, yes, so there is." "Very well." The king smiled as at an exceedingly pleasant memory. "She shall be your ransom, and naught else. I will come to Belverus for her as I promised. She was a slave in Nemedia, but I will make her queen of Aquilonia!" - The Hour of the Dragon